president clinton's chief of staff in the u.s. ban on assault weapons in the 1990s, that ban expired in 2004. some good housing news for you, former u.s. homes, fewer u.s. homes foreclosed in 2012 according to realistic track. that was down from 804,000 in 2011. 17% reduction year-to-year. lance armstrong already lost all of his tour de france titles while now the international olympics committee is stripping the cyclist of his two bronze medal because of his admission to doping. that is the headlines of your fox news minute. back to melissa and lori. melissa: thank you. less than a month to go until the debt limit, the house republicans are devising their game plan for the fiscal fight. ahead, rich edson is live from the g.o.p. retreat in williamsburg, virginia, with the latest. >> they just wrapped their latest discussion on the next 90 days and all the deadlines and consequences of them coming up. there is the debt ceiling to have to deal with, there is government spending that expires in march and those automatic spending cuts